Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
DAKOTA, FRIDAY MAY 81, 1887.

OF advertisers and they will stick by
him. Independent Union, Sioux City,
Iowa.,
Forest fires are raging in Wisconsin
and Michigan.
| The Baltimore Sun has been publish
| I'd for fifty years and Its proprietor is
worth $780, 100000.
/ The California fruit Union Wednes-
Pay evening started the first carload of
Ehernes to Chicago, the freight on
| which was $500.
/ The new Congregational college
Ipuiidlng at Redlield is to contain seven
tae1 rooms and a large chapel. The
IAAsIsteestlesign laying a corner stone
july 4th.
The contest for prohibition in IIich1-
gan has not been abated. There is
activity in all parts of the state in be-
half of perfecting organization to CON
tinue the fight to place the state under
prohibitory law.
| Bismarck's defaulting city treasurer
was one of the boys, and by reason of
his genial off-hand manners, had been
given the Office six consecutive terms.
There is a moral in this somewhere
Mitchell Republican.
| Our Territorial laws are better for
women than are found IN most of the
States. a wife is her husbands heir,
can hold property in her own name and
dispose of it at pleasure, without even
her husbands signature, except in case
of the homestead.
| The Huron people are delighted be-
cause of report from good authority
that the Minneapolis 4 st. Louis rail-
way company is arranging to build
seventy-live miles of the line south
west from Watertown. This is taken
to mean that the road will be extended
to Huron.
Mrs Marietta M. Bones declined the
nomination for School Superintendent
of Day County, Dakota, because Of a
precious baby" whereupon the Teller
remarks that politics and babies are
hardly compatible" which calls out a
ringing reply from Mrs. Bones, who by
the side of the cradle keeps close watch
of what is going on in the Territory
Mrs. Bones claims that there never was
a greater farce than the saying that
the hand that rocks the cradle rules
the world since the rocking of the
cradle is only for a few years Of the
woman's and the child's life, and even
! then her rule is undermined by the
| places of SIN which exist because she
has no hand in politics.
The Crow Creek reservation war is
over, and there are neither war painted
Indians, wounded soldiers, or dead set
tiers. The soldiers from 1T. Sully, (about
twenty-five in all, removed fifteen tam
lilies from the Big Bend district; there
was nc resistance. The district is now
being fenced for the stock belonging
to the government and Indians on the
I Crow Creek reservation. This will be
q great relief to those settlers who still
remain. They win no longer have any
fears Of their crops being destroyed by
Indian cattle and ponies. cit is a bad
wind that blows no one some good"
There is little use to deny or comment
upon the miserable bosh that has found
its way into the public press regarding
this late transaction. : Chamberlain
special to the Mitchell Daily Rep.
The growth of Dakota IS phenomen-
al. IN 1880 it had $4,000 inhabitants
Now it casts well on to 100000 votes
and has a population Of nearly 100000
The official reports show that there is
less sickness in Dakota, in proportion
tc population, than in any other state
or territory of the Union. The climate
is severe in winter, but dry, healthfu]
and inyigorat1ng. 1t is practically out,
side the tornado-belt. Immense beds OF
coal are being discovered in many parts
Of the territory. This coal is Of an In
: ferior quality but furnishes cheap fuel
and new mines are being opened which
promise better grades. Wood is found
, along the Missouri and other streams
and sells in the towns at from 81 to 81
per cord. # you are q person OF small
means and lots Of energy, Dakota is the
place for you. II you are person OF
considerable means, but making money
slowly where you are, you can invest
, to decided advantage in Dakota. Ii you
are person without means, bu5 Will
ing to work, Dakota invites you. dc
you like to live among pleasant people
Here YOU will find the most cordial
class in the world. They are educated
, Intelligent, neighborly and social. You
will be among friends from the mo-
, ment Of your arrival. There are draw
backs and disadvantages to every re.
gicn. and Dakota is net an exception
j. h,lt taken all in all, it is canQld!y De.